Is 2021 the real moment of truth?
It may be Huawei that is forced to steer the company's fate under the turmoil of the US-China trade war.
For smartphones, we are under severe sanctions that can't be used for Google apps, stores, and mobile services, which can be said to be fatal. Still, while Huawei's smartphones still have a good reputation for being great, things seem to be getting worse rather than better. While some say Huawei is still okay.
Techradar recently reported an analysis that next year marks a very serious milestone for Huawei. According to information from an account known for providing famous leaks, it seems that there is a high possibility that products developed by Hisilicon Technologies will not be able to be used for next-generation 5nm manufacturing process chipsets. The Kirin series processors, which are now the main engines of Huawei's smartphones, are all developed by Hisilicon Technologies and manufactured by TSMC. However, this combination is said to be unusable due to the tightening of US sanctions.
Well, what if you can't use the Kirin chip on your Huawei smartphone? Up to the Kirin 1020 chipset, which has already been ordered, will be supplied on the current production line, so it seems that the latest flagship model "Mate 40" will not be affected. But from the "P50" series onwards, how do you make it? Of course, you can't use a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and certainly not a Samsung Exynos chip. So?
So far, there is talk that the most promising candidate is the Helio series of CPUs produced by Taiwan's MediaTek. However, nothing is final. Besides, there seems to be a lot of problems with the model that just changed the chip supply destination? As a hardware maker, Huawei has a genuinely high reputation, but is the biggest test finally coming?
Anyway, if you have a Huawei product that you're interested in, it might be a good idea to buy the best model this year.
Source: Techradar
